It tickled me to see how joyfully The Matriarch held court at her 92nd birthday celebration yesterday.
Author Archives: John Schroeder
Today’s find: Matriarch
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Tags: Kairos Prison Ministry, Menard, Kairos, Gospel of Luke, Matriarch, George Rose, Birthday party, Sadducees
Today’s find: Sycamore
Our encounter with Jericho earlier this year was decidedly Christ-like, I realized as I reflected on Sunday’s gospel.
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Tags: 31st Sunday In Ordinary Time, Gospel of Luke, Holy Land Pilgrimage, Jericho, Sycamore, Zacchaeus
Today’s find: A stay against the stumbling
It had been a few (ahem!) years since I trailed along behind Trick-Or-Treaters, so I didn’t realize at first how treacherous the sidewalks in our neighborhood have become.
Today’s find: Paperless
It was, perhaps, a bit overdue…but we finally took the plunge this week – and went ‘paperless’ at our place.
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Tags: daily paper, ego, libation, Magnificat, St. Louis Post Dispatch, wallpaper
Today’s find: Anam Cara, farewell
There were 232 email addresses on the initial distribution list, but mine didn’t make the cut. Instead, I learned of my dear friend’s death only when the message was forwarded to me by one of the original 232.
So I guess it would be fair to ask, just how “dear” a friend was Fran?
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Tags: Anam Cara, Kairos Prison Ministry, Sensei, Tamms, Tamms Supermax
Today’s find: Illuminating
It felt a bit like somebody had neglected to pay the electric bill when the “Daily Mass regulars” arrived for 6:30 Mass this morning.
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Tags: Illuminating, Jonah, Queen of Sheba, Queen of the South, Sausage Supper
Today’s find: Parking spot
Come early, if you want to find a parking spot anywhere near the Laurel Falls Trailhead.*
Or maybe just show up. That might work, too.
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Today’s find: Unceasing chorus
Ever heard an ‘angel choir’? Thousands of voices, together raising a loud celestial hymn?
I’m beginning to understand this is precisely what I experienced on Sunday afternoon. But it took until today, as we mark the feast of the Holy Guardian Angels, for the phenomenon to sink in entirely.
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Tags: Coming Home Concert, Dan Schutte, Holy God, Holy Guardian Angels, Sing a New Song, St. Louis Jesuits, We Praise Thy Name
Today’s find: Shotgun start
We started our round on Hole #7 in the League Finale event – and what a curious blessing that turned out to be.
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Today’s find: Crucible
A prison isn’t supposed to be comfortable. I get that.
But does it really have to be so cruel?
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Tags: Crucible, Evil, Freedom, Second Corinthians, Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
With Us Still 